Future Food

Behind an unmarked door in a Lima suburb Javier Wong is planning a revolution in more than just stirfry cooking In fact the very future of food and farming is being reimagined here in a city where nobody dined out 20 years ago where there is no national tradition of gastronomy and where there is considerable malnutrition

Kenyan Farmer and campaigner Moses Shaha is cynical about biofuels energy extracted from crop plants He journeys through southern Kenya where farmers are starting to grow jatropha to understand if this biofuel crop is a threat to farmland and food security as he fears or whether growing energy crops can inspire innovation and help the environment longterm

Future Foodnbsptravels to the American midwest to meet Vietnam veteran and farmer Ron Meyer When he isnt farming his 400 acres and 40 cattle he is battling big agribusiness which is squeezing small farmers out of the Nebraska Plains Ron fears that if the small farms disappear so will the diversity of food and consumer choice

In India Tulika Verma is on a mission to ban junk food from Delhis schools where over one in six schoolchildren are overweight Westernstyle diets and processed food are becoming ever more popular in Indias cities while traditional healthy sustainable foods are being forgotten Indias on the edge of two possible futures a future thats wellfed and healthy or an epidemic of obesity

Nigerian Minister for Agriculture Akinwunmi Ayo Adesina believes it is his job to ensure Nigerians eat food grown in Nigeria and hes determined to overcome the obstacles to Nigerian selfsufficiency in food production He has also provoked a debate on a globalized planet should countries like Nigeria really try to grow all of their own food

The metropolis of Shanghai is a draw for a new generation of young Chinese who are leaving rural areas in droves to live in the cities So if the young are leaving the land whos now going to grow the countrys food Can the company Resonance apply its branding skills to convince young Chinese that farming could be a viable career choice